From Reatha with love

H&H
1. KEN BUKER is having a ruff time w/a kidney stone. Last week, he had a procedure to "blast" it, but it succeeded only in splitting it in half. He'll go again this week to see if it's broken up anymore on its own, and if not, go thru the procedure again.
Ken Buker
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2. NANCY HATFIELD has been laid low by allergy pblms... which were treated by some injections... which app. have caused MORE pblms w/her ears, first an infection and now, tinnitis! [so... phone calls are NOT a good idea, but cards ARE]
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3. CAROL NEEDY is suffering from a severe case of shingles which has affected the left side of her face. It began in her mouth -- she thought she had strep throat -- even tho' she HAD gotten the shingles vaccine! [doc said that you can STILL get them (obviously), but it SHOULD be a milder case -- "HA!" says Carol...]
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4. BILL PEARCE is doing better. He and MARIE came to church today :-) The heart cath showed all his arteries clear; they determined that he had a heart spasm. And Marie's pacemaker, which was inserted in late Sep, has been "tweaked" a few times, but is keeping her feeling chipper. She had NO idea she had a pblm till her Sep exam!
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5. I began having pblms w/MY throat last weekend. It "grew" into laryngitis, so by Tue night, I couldn't sing in the 35th Interfaith Service. But I'm almost back at full voice today :-) [Thanksgiving was a win-win for Jon's side of the family: I couldn't talk, and they could!]

* xxxx = means see Roster for address ( Click here, need password)
Dec. B'days
Sat the 4th - JOYCE ALLEN * xxxx
also the 4th - REATHA ANDREW * xxxx
again, on the 4th - WILMA MILLER * xxxx
and finally, on the 4th - OSCAR MORENO * xxxx
Tue the 7th - JUDY STINSON *xxxx
Sun the 12th - MARIE EPPLEY *xxxx
Wed the 15th - MEL HALPERN * xxxx
Fri the 31st - MEL ALLEN * xxxx

And not to forget former class members/attendees:
Sat the 25th - that's right, Christmas Day! - TWO b'days:
RANDY BRANTLEY *xxxx
BOB GROGAN *xxxxxx


Any corrections or additions? [you know how i've messed up class memos lately...]


Peace and Blessings,
Reatha - Sun - 5pm

Reatha reports:

Our June 7th lesson celebrated some of our Helping Hands recipients. KEVIN WRIGHT, minister of missions, thanked our class for our involvement, both monetarily and physically, in such areas as Room in the Inn, Habitat housing, and most recently, in sponsoring two of our own, JACK COPELAND and JIM HATFIELD, in the church's annual mission trip to Costa Rica this past spring. Kevin also updated us on other missions, such at Haiti and the local housing problem, and what our church is doing to help. PATSY BURKIN, executive director of the Clara H. Jones Summer Institute, thanked us for our contributing to this worthy program. The Institute reaches and inspires children in the area of fine arts, as well as challenging them in academic areas, over the summer months. Class member CAROL DOUGLAS has served on its board. It is held at First Baptist West on Oaklawn. REATHA ANDREW read a thank-you letter from DEANTHONY, one of AMANDA BRADSHAW's 5th grade students. (Amanda is Reatha's daughter.) The 5th graders at Barringer Academic Center took a 3-day trip to Camp Harrison in the NC foothills as part of their science curriculum. They studied conservation, ecology, and building exercises. Our class sponsored Deanthony. If you have any project which you would like the Helping Hands committee to consider, please contact TOM STINSON -- info found above.